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India Sugar Output Rises 19%

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Debiprasad Nayak

Dec. 19, 2011 2:54 a.m. ET

MUMBAI – India's sugar output from the start of the marketing year on Oct. 1 to Dec. 15 rose about 19% to 4.58 million metric from 3.86 million tons a year earlier due to higher crushing in major growing regions, the Indian Sugar Mills Association said Monday.

Production in Maharashtra, the country's largest sugar producing state, increased to...